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Multiple generations of ALA membership is this family’s pride and honor

  • Eggers Generations
    Front row (left to right): Alaney Sienknecht and Adelyn Sienknecht
    Back row (left to right): Andrea Jordan, Maxine Bottema, Justina Eggers, Cynthia Eggers, and Melissa Sienknecht.

    It’s a special bond for Cynthia Eggers and her family: having three generations of membership and participation in the American Legion Auxiliary — the world’s largest women’s patriotic service organization.

    Eggers’ mother Maxine Bottema, her sisters Andrea Jordan and Melissa Sienknecht, Cynthia’s daughter Justina Eggers, and Cynthia’s nieces Adelyn Sienknecht and Alaney Sienknecht all belong to ALA Unit 127 in Gladbrook, Iowa.

    Cynthia Eggers and her relatives are part of the ALA’s long-running legacy of delivering selfless service to veterans, servicemembers, military families, their communities, and local youth. Many other families have also adopted ALA’s legacy as their own with their tradition of multi-generational Auxiliary membership.

    But for Cynthia Eggers, her family’s tradition of multi-generational ALA membership and participation is a special tribute to veterans — such as her late father Jerry Busch, who served in the Vietnam War.

    “I feel our ALA membership is very meaningful. It shows respect toward our dad and all of the veterans in America. We honor them and think of them daily,” Cynthia Eggers said. “Even though my daughter never had a chance to know my dad, I share things with her that are important to our family. She knows what he did during the Vietnam War and we are so thankful for his service, as well as the service of all veterans.”

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